. >> reporter: john boehner sounds for the first time says is he willing to take a tax cut deal and willing to vote for phasing out the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans, making more than $250,000 a year. >> if the only option i have is oto vote for those $250,000 and ploy, of course i'm going that, but i'm going everything i can to fight to extend the current tax rate for all american. >> reporter: boehner seemed to second what president obama said this week, that extending the tax cuts for middle-class americans should be a starting point for a debate on tax cuts. the president's chief economic advisor, austan goolsbee says he welcomes boehner's new stance and emphasizing the white house view that the very well off in this country don't need a tax break, but middle americans do. >> the president strongly believes that you cannot, after the decade of an astounding squeeze on the middle-class, that was followed by the worst ecession in our lifetime, since 1929, that is we cannot afford to raise taxes on the middle class. we should make that permanent. >> asked about the recovery summer